The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-11
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, February 10.-The pre-
siding officer presented the resolution
OF the Joint convention of the Genera
Assembly of Indiana, Republican mem.
bers protesting against the validity o
the election of David Turpie as United
States Senator. Referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
Also a message from the House Of
Representatives with substitute to the
Senate Chinese indemnity bill.
Edmunds said that the two bills ap-
peared to amount to the same purpose,
except that perhaps the House substi-
tute did it a more simple way, and
moved that the substitute be concurred
in. Agreed to.
Jones (Nevada) presented a petition
from Horace F. Cutler, of San Fran
cisco, praying Congress to make suit.
a5le acknowledgment of the human ne
service of Japanese fishermen to the
crew Of an American vessel wrecked by
a typhOon in the Eastern Seas. Com
mittee on foreign relations.
Dolph, from the conference com
rhittee on Senate amendments to the
House bill 10 repeal all presumption,
slmber culture and desert land laws,
reported disagreement, and asked for
new conference. He said, in answer
TO question by Ingalls,, that the
differences in the conference committee
had been quite radical, but that thew
might be overcome. The most i'm
portant point was to whether where
there was 8 suspicion Of fraudulent
entry the case should be finally de-
clded by the Interior Department or by
the courts. The House conferees took
the ground that the Interior Depart
partment should be the sole and final
Judge in the matter, whereas the SEN
ate conferees insisted that the man
whose title was attacked in the land
office should have the right of appeal to
q court.
Plumb said he had been for many
years IN favor OF the repeal of the pre-
emption laws, but since the subject
nao been under discussion a practice
had come into vogue of a character
T S.l!5 was not only threatening to in
dlyidual rights, but was subversIye of
az PROPER rules of procedure, and ne
thought that the rectiication of this
pIac'lCe was OF much more Importance
than the repeal of the preLemntion
laws or OF timber culture laws or both
ne referred 10 proceedings by special
agents by detectives, by private in
4ulrleS' under which titles were as
auIneu 10 De set aside on &c parte hear.
!hgs' This was going on to an extent
'uat was paralyzlng business In certain
SECTIONS OF the west. He regarded the
longer continuance of this system as a
shame ana disgrace. Titles to land
Elluei lneSe pre-emDtiOn laws should
oe setted IN the courts, whether thew
we're titles OF the poor and humhIe on
eIs lIontier' or OF the rich anywhere
Call defended the administration Of
one land Office, ana said II it was such
a a! was represented By the Senator rom
Kansas the proper remedy was to have
au inquiry Instituted. and impeach-
-H1nt proceedings commenced.
fo- -o.1sI Iurlher discussion, another con-
terence was ordered.
RRau, from the committee of naval
r anaIfs' reported back the bill for the
P 81 OF John Erricsson's DestrOt e.
a Gu ~ was referred to the committee on
- VI mouon of SewelI, the House bill
~ p'SSNlue Tor the location and erection
tear s o[Ianch home for disabled volun-
s sf1s soldiers west of the Rocky Mount
H H,H Is, appropriating $IOO 900, was taken
s M h asa amended by the adoption of a
v ViidTiSca'9 g appropriating $3.50, 900, pro-
Ton e LOT t ten instead of nine managers
S or To ~ tnem to be resident of State
sinsS I ay west of the Rocky Mount
miysh "a aR 20 APPOINTING James A. Way-
aosr nj VI ean francisco, to serve as man
smsndpo5 70 April, 1897. The bill, as thus
epcs ssI,l,s was then passed and q confer